"The current experience of COVID -19 is showing us many things about ourselves and our world. In particular, I want to focus on how it is lighting up various aspects of our path to God and how, even in difficult times, there is consolation to be found."

JESUITS GLOBALWebinar: The Jesuit Mission in a Time of Uncertainty and COVID-19

Fr. General Arturo Sosa, Superior General of the Society of Jesus, spoke to Jesuits, Jesuit partners, and people of good will around the world about the challenges of looking forward in a time of uncertainty.

Jesus Christ, you traveled through towns and villages “curing every disease and illness.” At your command, the sick were made well. Come to our aid now, in the midst of the global spread of the coronavirus, that we may experience your healing love.

"What would Jesus do? Jesus would tell you to stay home for your own good and the good of your neighbor.

But is that it? As Christians, we know that spirituality is not just about avoiding evil. It is also about doing good. Every crisis is an opportunity to do good. Here are some suggestions about what individuals, families, neighbors and parishes can do during this quarantine." Click here for more.

IGNATIAN SOLIDARITY NETWORKReflections and Resources in Light of COVID-19

ASSOCIATION OF JESUIT COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES Information from AJCU on the Impact of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) on Jesuit Colleges and Universities

As of Monday, March 16, staff members for the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (AJCU) are working from home for at least the next two weeks. Click here for links to webpages with information from Jesuit colleges and universities on ways that they are addressing the coronavirus (COVID-19) on their campuses, along with video messages from presidents.

RELIGION NEWS SERVICE JESUIT CONFERENCE OF CANADA AND THE UNITED STATESA Meditation for the Anxious During COVID-19

Join us by conference call for an interactive Rosary, every day at 12:00 PM (EDT) To join us in prayer, please call this number a few minutes before 12:00pm (EDT): (646) 769-9900 (Conference ID: 07960#).

Interactive Stations of the Cross, led by Rev. George Collins, S.J., every day (including weekends), at 6:30pm (EDT). To join in the stations, please call this number a few minutes before 6:30pm (EDT): (646) 769-9900 (Conference ID: 07960#).

As we come to terms with what the coronavirus and associated quarantining and social distancing have done to upset our lives, we still seek solace in the spirituality of our faith and this Lenten season. Click here for a list of resources from the greater Jesuit and Ignatian community.

During this time of Mass cancellations, suspensions and closures, many Catholic churches around the country are still able to celebrate Mass and offer live-streams for those of us unable to attend in person.

What if you thought of itas the Jews consider the Sabbath—the most sacred of times?Cease from travel.Cease from buying and selling.Give up, just for now,on trying to make the worlddifferent than it is.Sing. Pray. Touch only thoseto whom you commit your life.Center down.

And when your body has become still,reach out with your heart.Know that we are connectedin ways that are terrifying and beautiful.(You could hardly deny it now.)Know that our livesare in one another’s hands.(Surely, that has come clear.)Do not reach out your hands.Reach out your heart.Reach out your words.Reach out all the tendrilsof compassion that move, invisibly,where we cannot touch.

Promise this world your love–for better or for worse,in sickness and in health,so long as we all shall live.

June 5, 2020 – My colleagues and I at the Office of Ignatian Spirituality are deeply troubled by the recent deaths of unarmed people of color—George Floyd, Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and far too many others—and we stand in solidarity with all those voicing outrage. The racism and injustice behind these tragedies is further laid bare by the ongoing suffering caused by the pandemic, which we know affects people of color disproportionately.

In this moment in which so much seems to be in turmoil, the demands of our faith take on deeper significance. In addition to the coronavirus, we are faced with the horror of the death of George Floyd at the hands of police, his pleas ignored as he struggled to breathe. We must remember that we can and should express our faith by fighting for our rights and those of our sisters and brothers who are suffering and are oppressed.

June 2, 2020 – This month Pope Francis is asking us to join him in praying for The Way of the Heart. "We pray that all those who suffer may find their way in life, allowing themselves to be touched by the Heart of Jesus."

May 15, 2020 – This two-part video series is excerpted from OIS's spiritual direction workshop, titled "Beyond the Myths of Grief: Wisdom for Spiritual Accompaniment" and presented by Melissa Kelley, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pastoral Care and Counseling, Boston College School of Theology and Ministry. This workshop was presented on April 21, 2018.

May 14, 2020 – An online mini-retreat at Pentecost for Ignatian spiritual directors, happening on May 28, 2020. This retreat is an opportunity for spiritual directors to reflect on how the pandemic experience has been affecting you and your ministry.

While life has always been marked by change and loss, nothing could have prepared us for the sudden loss of “life as we know it” and the suffering that we have witnessed recently. In this live online program, Nicholas Collura, M.Div., will consider experiences of grief in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic.